Sabino Ocan Odoki

Sabino Ocan Odoki (8 August 1957 –) is a Ugandan prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Arua.

Quotes

• We will continue to work in the spirit of the Comboni missionaries, opening new parishes especially in towns like Arua, Koboko, Moyo and Adjumani, and expand the network of centers of Catechism throughout the entire diocesan territory. In this sense we are a missionary diocese, because we have many priestly and religious vocations.
  • "We want to preserve the missionary spirit handed down to us by our first evangelizers" says the Bishop of Arua (13 December 2012) Fides News Agency

• Even if they don't love the Bishop, I am not eternal and time will come for me to move on. Destroying church property is unjustifiable. People who are in their good mind seek dialogue, but if you go and destroy to express yourself, it shows that you have no capacity for dialogue.
  • I will remain Arua Diocese bishop, says Odoki (26 September 2016) Monitor

• We welcome them as our brothers and sisters, and we want them to stay with us as one people. So the people are open to receive them, but they're also concerned that other must help us care for these refugees.
  • 1 million refugees need spiritual aid in Uganda (19 July 2018) Vatican News